The new record Exaltation from prolific experimental artist Dylan Ettinger, otherwise known as Hasufel, opens ominously. Subterranean, cascading synths are covered by feedback before a mystical melody is accented by whispering voices, vocals that sound like a man proselytizing over a speaker, and high synth notes. Like much of this concise EP, the opening track “School of the Prophets” is open and sprawling but simply following a steady trajectory. Then the cascade folds in on itself and crumbles around the listener. A piercing high sound makes the transition to “White Mildew” before more warm synths reverberate with the sounds of chains and spoken word. While you have to listen carefully to what Ettinger is saying here, you hear the track’s title. The listener can make the choice to hear ...
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